Quote from: yirgacheffe on September 19, 2016, 03:09:03 pmQuote from: #basedcowboyshirt on September 19, 2016, 03:07:24 pmQuote from: yirgacheffe on September 19, 2016, 03:02:28 pm#basedcowboyshirt: I completely agree. I hate co-teaching and it doesn't even necessarily have to do anything with the KT. I only dislike one co-teacher at the moment but that doesn't even matter. I just hate co-teaching--period.yirj17: One of my co-teachers last year actually tried to correct my pronunciation one time in the middle of class. I didn't even bother telling her how stupid that was; I think the look I gave her was enough to get the message across.I was once told that it's incorrect to pronounce the 't' in 'badminton,' and that it should be pronounced 'badmin'on' with a glottal stop. I disagreed, and she said "You don't know because you didn't study this. You're just going by your instinct as a native speaker."Wrap your head around that.To be completely honest, I don't think anyone around me has ever pronounced it without the 't'... Your KT is stupid.I've literally never heard it pronounced without the 't'. I mean, people don't always enunciate it well, but ain't nobody saying 'Gonna go play me some badminon.'Anyways. These days my coteachers are rad. So, everything #based. My ring is a mansion.
Quote from: #basedcowboyshirt on September 19, 2016, 03:07:24 pmQuote from: yirgacheffe on September 19, 2016, 03:02:28 pm#basedcowboyshirt: I completely agree. I hate co-teaching and it doesn't even necessarily have to do anything with the KT. I only dislike one co-teacher at the moment but that doesn't even matter. I just hate co-teaching--period.yirj17: One of my co-teachers last year actually tried to correct my pronunciation one time in the middle of class. I didn't even bother telling her how stupid that was; I think the look I gave her was enough to get the message across.I was once told that it's incorrect to pronounce the 't' in 'badminton,' and that it should be pronounced 'badmin'on' with a glottal stop. I disagreed, and she said "You don't know because you didn't study this. You're just going by your instinct as a native speaker."Wrap your head around that.To be completely honest, I don't think anyone around me has ever pronounced it without the 't'... Your KT is stupid.
Quote from: yirgacheffe on September 19, 2016, 03:02:28 pm#basedcowboyshirt: I completely agree. I hate co-teaching and it doesn't even necessarily have to do anything with the KT. I only dislike one co-teacher at the moment but that doesn't even matter. I just hate co-teaching--period.yirj17: One of my co-teachers last year actually tried to correct my pronunciation one time in the middle of class. I didn't even bother telling her how stupid that was; I think the look I gave her was enough to get the message across.I was once told that it's incorrect to pronounce the 't' in 'badminton,' and that it should be pronounced 'badmin'on' with a glottal stop. I disagreed, and she said "You don't know because you didn't study this. You're just going by your instinct as a native speaker."Wrap your head around that.
#basedcowboyshirt: I completely agree. I hate co-teaching and it doesn't even necessarily have to do anything with the KT. I only dislike one co-teacher at the moment but that doesn't even matter. I just hate co-teaching--period.yirj17: One of my co-teachers last year actually tried to correct my pronunciation one time in the middle of class. I didn't even bother telling her how stupid that was; I think the look I gave her was enough to get the message across.
I hate when a Korean person gets all excited and asks me if I watch some obnoxious western youtuber who "brings/explains Korean culture" to the west. I watched that crap before I got here, and it was just full of useless pandering stereotypes that did nothing to explain or illuminate what it's like to live in Korea. Those youtube channels seem to be only for koreaboos or actual Koreans who get off on westerners "loving their culture" but it's all just surface crap. Korean chicken and beer! Wow so delicious~ Now, let's do a video on fighting for sick days from your school or trying to make it home through "street pizza" covered streets while old men yell at you and some desperate guy tries to follow you home. They don't actually go into age dynamics, work culture, gender roles, drinking culture etc. They just leave it at the surface level cutesy stuff. I get it, it's just for entertainment, and the youtubers would probably get a lot of flack for being racist or intolerant if they framed things in a negative light, but why oh why after experiencing what it's really like to live here would I want to watch someone sugar coat it for the uninformed masses?I usually just lie and say I watch it so they don't whip out their phones and try and make me watch it on the spot. Is watching an Irish person eating spicy ramen really that exciting to them? There are plenty of Koreans who can't eat the spicy ramen as well. I'm sure they don't giggle with delight when their friends say something is too spicy. Yeah, pass.
HaLo,I was told the same thing years ago, so I showed up and feigned interest.After several weeks, I decided to stay in my office to see what would happen.Not a word was mentioned.Perhaps you could give it a try and see.Hang tough.
All this free time and I couldn't be more unproductive if I tried. The hell is wrong with me?
Quote from: waywardtimelord on September 21, 2016, 08:56:28 amI am so sad, lonely, and depressed in this country.I know the job is easy. I know I shouldn't be complaining.But every single day is a struggle and I still have 161 left on my countdown app.(more of a whine/moan than a rant/vent, but whatever)I sympathize with your misery. It's sad that you're unhappy. I wish you were happy.But - anyone who says this job is 'easy' probably either a) doesn't care about their job very much, or b) is really bad and lazy at their job. I don't think either of those apply to you. But, yeah. People who go on about how easy teaching English in Korea is are generally bad teachers.
I am so sad, lonely, and depressed in this country.I know the job is easy. I know I shouldn't be complaining.But every single day is a struggle and I still have 161 left on my countdown app.(more of a whine/moan than a rant/vent, but whatever)
I hate eating lunch with my coworkers. It's so lonely. Every day I go with my 3 English coteachers and sometimes the gym and music teachers. All 5 of them can speak English to some degree, however they always exclude me from conversation. I've tried making small talk with them... "How was your trip?" "Wow did you feel the earthquake last night?" But it just turns into a simple response and they carry on the conversation without me in Korean. I feel like it's a little rude to butt in and ask what's going on, so I just kinda gave up and eat lunch in silence every day. I understand and don't expect them to go way out of their comfort zone to speak English to me all during lunch time, but I would appreciate them including me every once in a while....